diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUMCAsmInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUMCAsmInfo.cpp
index 687cfef4559f..1836237c8df5 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUMCAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUMCAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ AMDGPUMCAsmInfo::AMDGPUMCAsmInfo(const Triple &TT,
   HasAggressiveSymbolFolding = true;
   COMMDirectiveAlignmentIsInBytes = false;
   HasNoDeadStrip = true;
-  WeakRefDirective = ".weakref\t";
   //===--- Dwarf Emission Directives -----------------------------------===//
   SupportsDebugInformation = true;
   DwarfRegNumForCFI = true;
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa-globals.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa-globals.ll
index 09c4b5f68a0b..bbb96072dfaf 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa-globals.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa-globals.ll
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ define amdgpu_kernel void @test() {
   ret void
 }
 
+@weak_global = extern_weak addrspace(1) global i32
+
 ; ASM: .type linkonce_odr_global_program,@object
 ; ASM: .section .bss,#alloc,#write
 ; ASM: .weak linkonce_odr_global_program
@@ -48,3 +50,5 @@ define amdgpu_kernel void @test() {
 ; ASM: external_readonly:
 ; ASM: .long 0
 ; ASM: .size external_readonly, 4
+
+; ASM: .weak weak_global